Each Discovery has been modified by conversion specialist B & T Solutions, who have installed radio and special signage equipment, polycarbonate glazing and additional underside protection.

Before the Federal Police could press its new purchases into action, 62 riot officers were given a half-day off road training course at Land Rover’s Experience Centre in Wülfrath. They got the opportunity to put the Discovery through its paces as they tackled extreme slopes, muddy terrain and water passages.

Brigadier General Rob Rider, British Embassy Defence Attaché in Germany, handed the vehicles over to Andreas Backhoff, Inspector of the Federal Police’s riot division, at a special ceremony.